In Memory Of

THOMPSON, BRUCE MALCOLM

Service Details
Age:
 27
Date of Birth:
 1951-02-02
Service No:
 781139
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 2nd Battalion
Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
Regiment:
 Rhodesian African Rifles
Date of Death:
 1978-06-27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in a contact on the Devuli Ranch, Bikita area.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 MUTARE CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Manicaland Province
Country:
 Zimbabwe
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Silver Cross of Rhodesia (P)
Citations:
 Awarded 13 October 1978 - "He was involved in 35 contacts in which 170 CTs were killed. This included 29 parachute deployments. In a contact on 27 June 1978, under very heavy fire, he went to the rescue of his wounded machine gunner. He accounted for 2 CTs, but in the follow up he was fatally shot".
Former teacher at St Stephen's College, Balla Balla. An Umtali Boys High School old boy. ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.